Octant Docs

# Propose a project

Octant is a community-driven platform for experiments in decentralized governance. During its MVP stage we will be using Octant to test various hypotheses related to sustainable financing of public goods and infrastructure. For every 90-day epoch, a range of public good projects will be chosen as potential donation recipients.

Golem Foundation (opens new window) will be maintaining and curating the list of projects eligible to receive funds from the Octant reward pool, based on inputs from the Octant community.

⚠️ To be considered for inclusion, potential donation recipients should meet the Eligibility criteria, and not trigger the Exclusion criteria.

# Epoch 9

For Epoch 9, we're covering Ethereum stories.

It’s time to strengthen Ethereum's narrative. In this epoch, we want to fund creatives: the journalists, storytellers, content creators, and researchers who’ve helped bridge that gap by making Ethereum legible, credible, and engaging to audiences.

We’re after high-impact marketing, educational, and journalistic content that push Ethereum forward. We want to see work that belongs in classrooms, newsrooms, and dinner table conversations. Think Bill Nye for Ethereum: smart, clear, impossible to ignore.

If you’ve got a vision for how Ethereum’s stories should be told, this is your stage. Show us the campaign, series, or investigation you’d run to make Ethereum a part of everyday conversation.

For the application, our ask is to share how/what you want to do, to market Ethereum.

# What are we funding?

This is a retroactive and forward round.

  • You must have already created Ethereum-focused content (not just general crypto or DeFi).
  • Funding is for your next project + informed by your track record.

We want to reward past excellence and provide fuel for future work.

# Eligibility Criteria

To apply, you must:

  • Provide proof of past Ethereum content (video, podcast, article, campaign, etc.)
  • Show its impact (audience size, engagement quality, influence).
  • Submit a short proposal for your next project, with:
    • Concept and intended impact
    • Distribution plan
    • How you’d execute with a smaller vs. larger budget (detail what you would do if you got less than 0.1x of the financial $ vs. if you got 10x that amount.

# Eligible Content Formats

Your past work and proposed new work may include:

  • Long-form: Documentaries, explainers, podcasts, essays, investigative journalism
  • Short-form: Reels, animations, TikToks with educational value
  • Sequential: Educational series, event coverage, recurring media campaigns

# Evaluation Criteria

We assess applicants on both what they’ve done and what they propose to do:

# 1. Past Work Impact

  • Audience reach and engagement
  • Narrative clarity and originality
  • Ethereum focus (not just general crypto)
  • Normie resonance (did it reach beyond the echo chamber?) vs. niche (did it reach a specific audience in crypto)

# 2. Proposal Strength

  • Creative direction and format
  • Clarity of idea and intended impact
  • Alignment with Ethereum values and the round theme
  • Feasibility and distribution plan based on funding variance (what will it look like if a smaller amount was received vs bigger)
  • Proof and reputation of past work

# Ineligible content includes:

  • Financial advice, price speculation, or token promotion
  • Market predictions or “moon/pump” language
  • Event organization as the primary deliverable

Educational or informational content is allowed if free of calls to financial action.

A detailed description of the submission process is available here.

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